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    Monica. After five years‚ both of their professional careers come to a crossroad and Quincy and Monica meet again‚ leading up to a final game of one-on-one with a lot at stake. This movie shows different representations of gender roles‚ falling somewhere in the middle of a resistant representation and a reaffirmation of gender roles. As the two main characters were the same age‚ same university‚ both at the same class standing and both play the same sport of basketball‚ gender performance was clear

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    In the traditional society of the medieval ages‚ women were considered to be inferior to men‚ thus their lives and their actions were usually determined by their father or their husband. Women were taught to be obedient and complaisant‚ and required to maintain this high standard of behaviour throughout their lives. However‚ in certain medieval romances it is the female character that takes an active role in shaping the plot and becomes the protagonist rather than existing as a passive being. Marie

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    ------------------------------------------------- A Brief History of Philippine Literature in English I.                    Pre-Colonial Period -          Consisted of early Filipino literature passed down orally; oral pieces have a communal authorship – it was difficult to trace the original author of the piece since oral literature did not focus on ownership or copyright‚ rather on the act of storytelling itself; -          Many oral pieces became lost in the wave of the new literary

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    Feminism in Literature Overview Feminism has gradually become more far-ranging and subtle in its attacks on male-dominated society. Many injustices still need to be corrected‚ but equally necessary is a more down-to-earth‚ tolerant and compassionate view of fellow human beings. Introduction Many feminists dislike theory. Sharp intellectual categories‚ argumentation‚ seeming objectivity‚ and the whole tradition they grow out of are just what feminists are seeking to escape. And if their reasoning

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    Themes in Literature

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    in literature there are common themes that occur throughout eras and genres to link two otherwise different pieces of writing. One particular example of this occurrance can be seen in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Although these works have been written in very different time periods and use separate styles‚ there are two themes which link both stories and convey a very similar message. Strict societal roles and the treatment of women in patriarchal

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    for the family. The women would just be “stay at home moms” caring the young and tending the house by cleaning it and making food. The government soon saw that the women needed help a well to earn a bit more money for the family especially after the depression with just one person in the household working low wages. So in the new deal the first program that was made was the “Works Progress Administration” which hired single women‚ widows‚ or women with disabled husbands. Women now started working

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    Modernist Literature

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    The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful worldview of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic

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    Oaklyn Public School Content Area: English Language Arts Unit Title: Poetry Grade Level: Ninth Grade Unit Summary: This unit will focus on the genre of poetry as a means of artistic expression. Poems will be analyzed both thematically and stylistically as students learn to read poetry as a literary form. Emphasis will be placed on a poem’s use of figurative language to express ideas and feelings in a fresh way. The unit will provide students with opportunities to read and interpret

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    colonists strongly desired independence and separation from Britain once taxation without representation was imposed on them. The colonies struggled to earn their representation in the Parliament of their mother country. They were turned down repeatedly and this caused huge issues for the colonists; it was the complete reason for the Revolutionary War. Therefore‚ the demand for no taxation without representation was the primary force to motivate America against Britain and it was also a symbol for democracy

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    Disclosures About CSR Practices: A Literature Review Kavitha W * and Anita P ** Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is now prominent and evident more than ever due to the emphasis laid on businesses regarding environmental‚ social and ethical issues. The level of CSR activities of the firms is made known to public only through the disclosures. This paper reviews the literature on CSR disclosures and the effect of these disclosures. There are various factors which determine the extent of

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